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Abode   /əbˈoʊd/   Listen
noun
Abode  n.  
1.
Act of waiting; delay. (Obs.) "And with her fled away without abode."
2.
Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. "He waxeth at your abode here."
3.
Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. "Come, let me lead you to our poor abode."



Abode  n.  An omen. (Obs.) "High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes."



verb
Abide  v. t.  
1.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Note: ((Obs.), with a personal object. "Bonds and afflictions abide me."
2.
To endure; to sustain; to submit to. "(Thou) shalt abide her judgment on it."
3.
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. "She could not abide Master Shallow."
4.
Note: (Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. "Dearly I abide that boast so vain."



Abode  v. t.  To bode; to foreshow. (Obs.)



Abide  v. i.  (past & past part. abode, formerly abid; pres. part. abiding)  
1.
To wait; to pause; to delay. (Obs.)
2.
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. "Let the damsel abide with us a few days."
3.
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. "Let every man abide in the same calling."
Followed by by:
To abide by.
(a)
To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. "The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first."
(b)
To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.



Abode  v. i.  To be ominous. (Obs.)



Abode  past  Pret. of Abide.






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"Abode" Quotes from Famous Books



... idle and useless boy of the family, for it was not so. While the farm was improving, Daniel was supplying the family with provisions. The table at home was always filled with game, and they had enough and to spare. Their house became known as a warm-hearted and hospitable abode; for the wayfaring wanderer, when lost in the woods, was sure to find here a welcome, a shelter, and an abundance. Then, too, if money was wanted in the family, the peltries of the animals shot by Daniel supplied it: so that he was, in a large degree, the ...
— The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman • Uncle Philip

... thinking, and wondering, the day passed very quickly. With the lengthening shadows his excitement began to grow. Presently Miss Lake took her departure and went off to her unknown and mysterious abode; he watched her disappear through the floor with mingled feelings, wondering what would have happened before he saw her again. She gave him a long, last look as she sank away below the boards, but it was a look that brought him fresh courage, and her ...
— Jimbo - A Fantasy • Algernon Blackwood

... we visited a cave some two miles down the stream, which had recently been discovered. We squeezed and wriggled through a big crack or cleft in the side of the mountain for about one hundred feet, when we emerged into a large dome-shaped passage, the abode during certain seasons of the year of innumerable bats, and at all times of primeval darkness. There were various other crannies and pit-holes opening into it, some of which we explored. The voice of ...
— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs

... later malodorous associations, was a winding country lane where lads and lasses carried on their courtships in the long summer evenings; when Cherry Hill, now notorious for its fights and factions, was the abode of the city's wealth and fashion; when Collect Pond, on whose site the Tombs now stands, was the skating center where New York's belles and beaux disported themselves; when merry parties picnicked in the woods and sylvan ...
— Doubloons--and the Girl • John Maxwell Forbes

... interest them in the fate of their outlying brother tribe. This war has freed our hands, which hitherto had been bound by the dictates of conscience. Of himself the German would never have kindled this world conflagration, but others have hurled the torch into our abode—and our hands are free! ...
— What Germany Thinks - The War as Germans see it • Thomas F. A. Smith


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